Serious B6358 crash in the Scottish Borders on 15 January 2005 at 14:15 involving a Seat Ibiza
A Seat Ibiza crashed on the B6358 in the Scottish Borders at 14:15 on Saturday 15 January 2005. A 19-year-old male passenger was seriously injured and the 18-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 Jan 2005
- Saturday, 14:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Seat Ibiza
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.46841, longitude -2.64073, in the TD9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005950000488
- Council area
- Scottish Borders
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6358
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 August 2004.
Slight
Suzuki Jimny crash on the B6358 in the Scottish Borders, 4 August 2004
22 m awayRef 2004950006549
Slight
Car crash on the A698 in the Scottish Borders, 1 August 1982
22 m awayRef 198295882G002
Slight
Car crash on the B6358 in the Scottish Borders, 30 November 2001
32 m awayRef 2001950010969
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the B6358 in the Scottish Borders, 20 July 2002
40 m awayRef 2002950006387
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B6358 in the Scottish Borders, 1 July 2003
51 m awayRef 2003950005405
Slight
Car crash on the B6358 in the Scottish Borders, 21 March 1999
60 m awayRef 1999950280299
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Seat Ibiza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2005950000488 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Scottish Borders road accident statistics for 2005.